In the morning of Oct. 30, Vice President Xi Guang met a US delegation led by Dean of the School of Business Gregory Prastacos, Stevens Institute of Technology, at the Meeting Room 107 of the Science Building.

Xi Guang firstly accorded a warm welcome to the delegation. Then he introduced the origin, the history of westward relocation of the University, academic traditions and strengths, and number of students of XJTU and noted that XJTU is glad to work with Stevens Institute of Technology, to explore untapped potential, to complement each other and to carry out all-dimensional and concrete cooperation across a wide range of disciplines and fields.

Dean Gregory Prastacos said he was honored to visit XJTU and Stevens Institute of Technology wanted to pursue full-scale and concrete cooperation with XJTU. Prastacos introduced their history, departments and schools, academic features, number of students and international strategy and said that they attached great importance to cooperation with universities in China. The aim of this visit is to explore possibilities of substantive cooperation with XJTU, which coincides with the pursuit of excellence of Stevens Institute of Technology.

After the meeting, Xi Guang and Gregory Prastacos, on behalf of the Provost of Stevens Institute of Technology, signed a MOU, according to which, the two parties will start cooperation on teacher and student exchange, joint scientific research and academic publications.

After the signing, Gregory Prastacos, Dean of the School of Business, Jean Zu, Dean of the School of Engineering and Professor, Mo Mansour, an academic leader at the School of Systems and Management, had in-depth talks over joint academic programs with heads of the School of Telecommunication, the School of Electrical Engineering, Jinhe Center for Economic Research and the School of Aerospace from XJTU.

Director of the Department of International Cooperation & Exchanges, He Changzhong, Dean of the School of Telecommunication, Guan Xiaohong, Director of Jinhe Center for Economic Research, Guo Yusen and members of the School of Electrical Engineering and the School of Aerospace presented at the meeting.